MRA Rugby World Cup 2019

The MRA Rugby World Cup 2019 will be the fourth MRA World Cup (first to be renamed as the MRA Rugby World Cup), and is to be held in Perlamuhay from 23 August to 2 October.

Qualifying
The top two teams in each of the eight pools at the MRA World Cup Winter 2017 automatically qualified for the next tournament. Perlamuhay did not join the Winter 2017 tournament – however, by virtue of hosting the tournament, Perlamuhay were assured qualification for the tournament before the MRA World Cup Winter 2017 took place.

The below table shows the qualified teams:

Pool stage
In the first round, or pool stage, the twenty teams are divided into four pools of five teams. Each pool will be a single round-robin of ten games, in which each team plays one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams are awarded four league points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat by eight or more points. A team scoring four tries in one match is awarded a bonus point, as is a team that loses by fewer than eight points – both bonus points are awarded if both situations apply.


 * Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams are tied on match points, the following tiebreakers apply:


 * 1) The winner of the match between the two teams
 * 2) Difference between points scored for and points scored against in all pool matches
 * 3) Difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all pool matches
 * 4) Points scored in all pool matches
 * 5) Most tries scored in all pool matches

If three teams were tied on points, the above criteria would be used to decide first place in the Pool, and then the criteria would be used again (starting from criteria 1) to decide second place in the Pool.

Pld = Number of games played; W = Number of games won; D = Number of games drawn; L = Number of games lost; TF = Number of tries scored (Tries For); PF = Number of points scored in the game (Points For); PA = Number of points scored against the team (Points Against); +/− = The difference, PF − PA; BP = Bonus (pool) points ; Pts = Total number of (pool) points.